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2021 Materials Today Rising Star Award Winners Announced

Broken symmetry leads to unnatural colloidal crystals

Researchers have developed a new method for producing low-symmetry colloidal crystals, including one with no known natural equivalent.

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Special Issue on Nanomaterials and Nanomedicine - Call for Papers - Materials Today Advances

Phase-change film produces smart window

Researchers have developed a thin film containing a phase-change material that can switch between absorbing heat from the Sun and reflecting it.

Semiconductor particles possess facets of 2D materials

Researchers have discovered that the junctures at the facet edges of 3D semiconductor particles have 2D electronic properties.

Magnetic nanodots take control of nanolasers

By taking advantage of novel materials, researchers have produced nanolasers that can be switched on and off with a magnetic field.

Distortion leads to more stable perovskite crystals

Researchers have developed a method for stabilizing a specific perovskite material in solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance.

Special Issue - Global Composites Technologies Roadmaps

Composite Structures Board Member Prof. Leng Jinsong elected Academician of the Chinese Academy of Science